Optimising scope / expanding scope / extending scope / models of care

Mr Peter Young1, Miss Natalie Papallo1 1Western NSW Local Health District, Orange, Australia Orange Health Service (OHS) is reasonably well equipped with specialised equipment, yet this pool is poorly managed, stored and maintained, resulting in inefficiencies, inappropriate prescriptions and unnecessary...

Ms Shabeena Miskin1 1Redcliffe Hospital, Queensland Health, Redcliffe, Australia BACKGROUND: Speech Pathologists are recognised as specialists in the assessment and management of dysphagia.  Fiberoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (FEES) is an instrumental assessment that involves transnasal endoscopic imaging of the...

Kelly  Thurlow1 1University Of Newcastle Department Of Rural Health , Taree, Australia The scope of physiotherapy practice in rural and remote areas has potential for workforce change. Rural and remote physiotherapists are seen as specialist generalist, required to work across...

Shana Taubert1, Dr  Clare Burns1, Professor Elizabeth Ward2,3, Lynell Bassett1, Dr  Linda Porter4, Penni Burfein1 1Speech Pathology & Audiology, Royal Brisbane & Women’s Hospital, Brisbane, Australia, 2School of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, 3Centre for...

Sharon Wells1, Joanne Maret1 1Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia, 2Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Australia Best practice Social Work includes timely, client-centred and strength-based interventions and processes. With little published research on Social Work services in response to major...

Chantelle Bowles 1Brighton Brain Injury Service, With advances in medicine, more young adults with severe brain injury with profound disturbances of consciousness are surviving and requiring rehabilitation. Currently, there are no published rehabilitation guidelines for clinicians to draw upon in...

Mrs Estelle Jensen1, Ms Victoria Forrester1 1Queensland Health, Brisbane, Australia Background: Pharmacists provide essential patient safety services and provide large financial benefits through medication management. The Princess Alexandra Hospital has created five trial senior (HP4) pharmacist positions over the last...

Maidei Machina1 1Westmead Hospital, Westmead, 2145 Introduction: 40-50% of community-dwellers aged 75+ fall each year; with 30% of these falls resulting in injuries that reduce mobility and independence. The Rapid Access of Care and Evaluation (R.A.C.E.) program, which is a...

Miss Lauren Matheson1, Ms Debra Phillips1 1The Townsville Hospital, Townsville, Australia Background: Australian public hospitals are increasing in pace and complexity driven by an aging population and rising incidence of chronic conditions. Therefore, hospitals focus on immediate patient care and...

MR Rod Mclean1, Mr Damien Nolan2, Ms Louise  Matthews2, Dr George Chu3, Dr Alistair Reid3 1Metro South Health, Woolloongabba, Australia, 2Princess Alexandra Hospital Physiotherapy Department, , Australia, 3Princess Alexandra Hospital Oral Maxillofacial Surgery, , Australia Introduction Temporomandibular dysfunction (TMD) is...